{"id":335915,"date":"2025-12-08T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335915\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:24:10","slug":"afl-reveals-2026-aami-community-series-fixture-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/335915\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL reveals 2026 AAMI Community Series fixture &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/introducing-myteam-your-club-your-news-your-way-166070\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"327\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"my-team-banner promo-article-banner\" id=\"my-team-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764633130_359_ZH-InArticleMyTeamLink.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> has revealed the matchups and fixtures for the 2026 AAMI Community pre-season series, which will begin on Wednesday, 25 February.<\/p>\n<p>All 18 clubs will participate in the suburban clashes, headed by the use of Mars Stadium in Ballarat.<\/p>\n<p>A second home for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/western-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western Bulldogs<\/a>, the regional ground will play host to three contests involving all Victorian clubs.<\/p>\n<p>This is due to the redevelopment at the venue, and its inability to host a match for premiership points throughout 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It previously moved a contest between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/western-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western Bulldogs<\/a> and Adelaide to Marvel Stadium in Round 18.<\/p>\n<p>South Australian sides Adelaide and Port Adelaide will cross the border into Western Australia to take on Fremantle and West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>The AAMI Community Series matches will take on the following format:<\/p>\n<p>4 quarters of 20\u202fmins plus time on\u202f(as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a>\u202fPremiership\u202fSeason)<br \/>\nSquad of 30 players; 18 on field,\u202feight interchange and four emergencies. Minimum of four players\u202fon the Interchange\u202fBench during the\u202fmatch at any time<br \/>\nNo Interchange Cap<br \/>\nFull panel of\u202fumpires appointed\u202fby the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a>\u200b.<\/p>\n<p>All matches will be broadcast live on Foxtel and Kayo and ticketed for fans to attend, with free general admission* for competing club members,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> members and kids.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the AAMI Community Series will go on sale in February, with further information to be communicated in January.<\/p>\n<p>Match simulations during the summer months may also be arranged in the pre-season schedule, and will be confirmed by clubs as they see fit.<\/p>\n<p>2026 AAMI Community Series<\/p>\n<p>*local times<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, February 25<br \/>Carlton vs Geelong, Ikon Park, 7:10pm<br \/>Thursday, February 26<br \/>Sydney vs GWS, Henson Park, 6:10pm<br \/>Brisbane vs Gold Coast, Brighton Homes Arena, 7:10pm<br \/>Friday, February 27<br \/>Melbourne vs Richmond, Mars Stadium, 4:10pm<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/western-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western Bulldogs<\/a> vs Hawthorn, Mission Whitten Oval, 7:10pm<br \/>Saturday, February 28<br \/>St Kilda vs Essendon, Mars Stadium, 3:10pm<br \/>Fremantle vs Adelaide, Rushton Park, 3:10pm<br \/>Sunday, March 1<br \/>North Melbourne vs Collingwood, Mars Stadium 3:10pm<br \/>West Coast vs Port Adelaide, Mineral Resources Park, 3:10pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The AFL has revealed the matchups and fixtures for the 2026 AAMI Community pre-season series, which will begin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-335915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}